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Frederick Douglass: A gentleman will...

Frederick Douglass: A gentleman will...

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

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J G Ballard: The marriage of...

J G Ballard: The marriage of...

The marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous...

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J G Ballard: Everything is becoming...

J G Ballard: Everything is becoming...

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact...

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Herman Wouk: I felt there's...

Herman Wouk: I felt there's...

I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of...

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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water,...

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Wilfrid Sheed: One reason the...

Wilfrid Sheed: One reason the...

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from...

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E M Forster: One always tends...

E M Forster: One always tends...

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

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Richard Bach: What the caterpillar...

Richard Bach: What the caterpillar...

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

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Edward Westcott: If I've done...

Edward Westcott: If I've done...

If I've done anything I'm sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven.

Source: In Rand...

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Anthony Burgess: Americans will listen,...

Anthony Burgess: Americans will listen,...

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which...

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Robert Burton: Be not solitary,...

Robert Burton: Be not solitary,...

Be not solitary, be not idle.

Source: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy', the closing...

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Swami Ramdas: Place yourself as...

Swami Ramdas: Place yourself as...

Place yourself as an instrument in the hands of God, who does his own work in his own way.

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Florence Nightingale: To understand God's...

Florence Nightingale: To understand God's...

To understand God's thoughts, we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The wise person...

Jean de LaBruyere: The wise person...

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

Source: In The...

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Baltasar Gracian: Better mad with...

Baltasar Gracian: Better mad with...

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Source: In Webster's...

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: You should keep...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: You should keep...

You should keep on learning as long as there is something you do not know.

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Richard Whately: Preach not because...

Richard Whately: Preach not because...

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

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Voltaire: Originality is nothing...

Voltaire: Originality is nothing...

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from...

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Francis Bacon: Praise yourself daringly,...

Francis Bacon: Praise yourself daringly,...

Praise yourself daringly, something always sticks.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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